Dhraiden
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Making pointless lists is like masturbation: fun sometimes but really questionable if you're doing it constantly.
I think it is mainly the sequel, Wake of the Ravager that is buggy. I don't recall any major issues in Shattered Lands, which is easily one of my all time favorite CRPGs. I started playing it recently and found it still holds up pretty well.
My only real complaint with Shattered Lands is the D&D edition it's based (2nd?) doesn't make for as many interesting choices when you build / level up your characters as later editions with feats, skills, domain powers, etc. But still I'd say it's probably my favorite D&D game even though I enjoy the combat & character building in ToEE a lot more.
The rest of the top 10 is then filled out by three other classics of the turn of the millenium, the time when their site was created. The top 10 is essentially a time capsule of 1997 to 2004 with an addition of a later Fallout nostalgia sequel.
I'm struggling to see any Banner Saga placed, and yet that game has quality combat, quality story and no end the thing the codex likes so much, that of branching story described as narrtive choice and consequence. What a shame it was just quality made by the wrong people. Harrumph harrumpf harrumpf.
Im yet to play this series, but I recall reading that c&c and branching is artificial and has no real impact on story development. Maybe Im wrong, as I said, Im yet to play it myself…
EDIT: I'm fairly younger than most people around here and in the Codex and I played those 97-2004 AFTER I played many late BioWare games, The Witcher, etc. No nostalgia here, they are that good.
It's also important to note those games, especially Infinity Engine ones, basically became blueprints for RPGs as we know them and that's why they're held in such high regard. They're notable and all, but you don't see your average RPG fan today praise or even remember SSI titles, for example.
I think you are full of shit. You are dismissing a list based on imagined biases because it does not agree with your own likings. Well it does not agree with mine as well. My 101 would be much different, it is not a reason to go full sperg here about imagined biases and stuff.I'm struggling to see any Banner Saga placed, and yet that game has quality combat, quality story and no end the thing the codex likes so much, that of branching story described as narrtive choice and consequence. What a shame it was just quality made by the wrong people. Harrumph harrumpf harrumpf.
I think you are full of shit. You are dismissing a list based on imagined biases because it does not agree with your own likings. Well it does not agree with mine as well. My 101 would be much different, it is not a reason to go full sperg here about imagined biases and stuff.
As for Banner Saga, I didn't like it either. Not many people talk about it on 'Dex. Those that do, shit on its combat system.
I guess not many felt strongly about it to give it any points.
To understand the list you have to understand how people voted. You got 25 points, you could put 1 to 5 points into one game. I think my list had 10 games in total and I struggled to give even 1 point into games I enjoyed a lot.
Giving 1 point into something like Banner Saga that was at best OK? Not gonna happen.